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Thursday, June 14, 2012

Solar Powered Plane



A solar powered plane has recently been in the news.The plane flew from Switzerland to Morocco, a distance of around 2000 kms, to prove that the sun’s energy can be used on long-distance flight.

Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg were pilots. They did this because they wanted to make a world record and to help other people get these type of planes. The world record was the first plane to fly without fuel for this distance.  

solar impulse’s engineers built this plane. They put bluish plates called solar panels on the wings of the plane that convert sunlight into electricity.

here is the article

I wish i could fly like a plane because I would fly.

1 comment:

  1. Hi Stevie

    Thats amazing a plane flying with nothing but solar power.In the future maybe all the planes in the world will be running on solar power.

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